Monthly Archive for May, 2010

Sermon Series: Living Out the Resurrection Live by the Spirit Galatians 5:16-26, NRSV Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another. — Gal 5:26 Live by the Spirit, or, Led by the Spirit of God a cosmic conflict – between flesh and spirit two worldviews two identities pursue the relational wholeness […]

Sermon Series: Living Out the Resurrection Gifted for Ministry Ephesians 4:7-16, NRSV Reflections Our imitation of God in this life … must be an imitation of God incarnate: our model is the Jesus, not only of Calvary, but of the workshop, the roads, the crowds, the clamorous demands and surly oppositions, the lack of all […]

Sermon Series: Living Out the Resurrection Rest Hebrews 4, NRSV Reflections Busyness is the enemy of spirituality. It is essentially laziness. It is doing the easy thing instead of the hard thing. It is filling our time with our own actions instead of paying attention to God’s actions. It is taking charge. — Eugene H. […]

Sermon Series: Living Out the Resurrection Meditation Psalm 1, NRSV Meditation empty out your mind fill your mind with scripture, thinking of all the implications 5 P’s Place of meditation between reading scriptures and prayers (obviously I don’t meditate enough to lead to prayers) meditating is like preaching to yourself Promise that you will be […]

Sermon Series: Living Out the Resurrection Improvising the Word Psalm 119:9-16, 32-37, TNIV Reflections Treat the word improvisation with care. What appears to be brilliant improvisation by musicians is often the result of a lot of hard work. It boils down to this: people who improvise are really calling upon their knowledge of the instrument […]